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AO 91 (rcv.11/11) Criminal Complaint AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED DATE: United States District Court for the WESTERN United States of America v. ISRAA JAFARALI, and SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL FEHAIDAH DISTRICT OF. ) ) ) ) ) ) °-$.$% Case No:' %> %* ^ ^-/5-3S-SA CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. COUNT 1 On or about the date(s) of September 19, 2014, in the County of Oklahoma, in the Western District of Oklahoma, the defendants Israa Jafar Ali and Sajjad Hussain Al Fehaidah violated: Code Section Offense Description 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1) Knowingly and intentionally engaged in conduct through cellular telephone calls and statements to law enforcement with the intent to convey material false and misleading information, that is, a suicide bomber would detonate an explosive (bomb laden vest with nails), in some 2-3 weeks' time, in a place of public use, in a Christian church, near the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), which threat, under the circumstances, law enforcement reasonably believed, thus constituting a violation of Chapter 113B of Title 18 of the United States Code (U.S.C.)(Terrorism, 18 U.S.C. §2231 etseq.) and 18 U.S.C. Section 2(a). This criminal complaint is based on these facts: See attached Affidavit of Task Force Officer, David M. Otweli, Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is incorporated and made a part hereof by reference. Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. Date: Ff& § 2^^ City and State: Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Complainant's signature DAVID M. OTWELL Task Force Officer Federal Bureau of Investigation Judge's signature SUZANNE MITCHELL. U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and title Case 5:15-mj-00035-SM Document 11 Filed 02/05/15 Page 1 of 15
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AO 91 (rcv.11/11) Criminal Complaint AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED DATE:

United States District Courtfor the

WESTERN

United States of America

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ISRAA JAFARALI, and

SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL FEHAIDAH

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CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

COUNT 1

On or about the date(s) of September 19, 2014, in the County of Oklahoma, in the Western District of Oklahoma, the

defendants Israa Jafar Ali and Sajjad Hussain Al Fehaidah violated:

Code Section Offense Description

18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1) Knowingly and intentionally engaged in conduct through cellulartelephone calls and statements to law enforcement with the intent toconvey material false and misleading information, that is, a suicidebomber would detonate an explosive (bomb laden vest with nails), insome 2-3 weeks' time, in a place of public use, in a Christian church,near the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), which threat, underthe circumstances, law enforcement reasonably believed, thusconstituting a violation of Chapter 113B ofTitle 18 of the UnitedStates Code (U.S.C.)(Terrorism, 18 U.S.C. §2231 etseq.) and 18U.S.C. Section 2(a).

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:

See attached Affidavit of Task Force Officer, David M. Otweli, Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is incorporated and

made a part hereof by reference.

Sworn to before me and signed in my presence.

Date: Ff& § 2^^

City and State: Oklahoma City. Oklahoma

Complainant's signatureDAVID M. OTWELL

Task Force Officer

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Judge's signature

SUZANNE MITCHELL. U.S. Magistrate Judge

Printed name and title

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WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

STATE OF OKLAHOMA ))

COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA )

AFFIDAVIT

I, David M. Otweli, being duly sworn, do hereby state the following is true and

correct to the best ofmy knowledge and belief:

1. I am a Task Force Officer (TFO) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). I am an investigative or law enforcement

officer of the United States within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 2501(7); that is, an

officer of the United States who is empowered to conduct investigations for violations of

federal offenses including Title 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1), False Information and Hoaxes

and offenses under Chapter 113B of Title 18 of the United States Code. I have been

employed as a Police Officer with the City of Edmond (EPD) for approximately 23 years

and have been assigned to. the Oklahoma City Division of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) JTTF as a TFO for the last 11 years. I have participated in

investigations involving individuals suspected of terrorist activities, assisted in the

execution of search and arrest warrants, conducted physical surveillance, analyzed records

and have spoken to informants and subjects of investigations involving numerous types of

federal violations.

2. The following facts are based on an investigation conducted by Special

Agents and Task Force Officers ofthe FBI, Department ofHomeland Security (HSI) and

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Police Officers of the Edmond Police Department. I am familiar with the information

contained in this affidavit through direct investigative participation, conversations with

assisting law enforcement personnel and by reading the reports prepared by other law

enforcement investigators.

FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT STATES AS FOLLOWS:

Listed below is a timeline ofthe events beginning on day #7

DAYM

3. The investigation revealed that on Friday, September 19,2014, at 9:19pm,

Ms. ISRAA JAFAR ALI (Ms. ALI) called the Edmond Police Department (EPD) utilizing

her boyfriend's, Mr. SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL FEHAIDAH (Mr. AL FEHAIDAH) cell

phone, XXX-XXX-9892, and reported that she had information regarding a suicide

bombing that was purported to take place in a Christian church near the campus of the

University ofCentral Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.

• Phone Call #1- (Friday, September 19, 2014 at 9:19pm) - Ms. ALI called

911 and spoke to a police dispatcher with the Edmond Police Department.

Ms. ALI explained to the dispatcher that she wanted to report a terrorist act

thatmay occur inEdmond, Oklahoma by an individual thatsheknows. She

told the dispatcher she wantedto speak to a supervisor or deputy. She also

stated she did notwantto speakto the deputy in person; rather shewanted to

talk to him on the telephone. To get a call back, Ms. ALI provided the

dispatcher her phone number for re-contact, XXX-XXX-9892 and also told

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hershewanted to remain anonymous. (Note: This phone callwasrecorded)

Phone Call #2 - (Friday, September 19, 2014 at 9:33pm) - Officer Cody

Hash of the Edmond PoliceDepartment wasassigned to callMs. ALI backto

take a report regarding the terrorism threat. After Officer Hash made

telephonic contact with Ms. ALI, she told him shewanted to report that she

was with a group of friends when she heard an individual talking about

committing a terrorist attack. She saidshe did not know the guy, butknew

his name. She said he was an international student from Saudi Arabia who

was talking about committing a terrorist attack by strapping on a belt with

nails that would explode and kill a bunch of people. She said she did not

know where he could be located, but did know him. She felt she really

needed to report the incident because she thought it was very dangerous and

this was her country. She said he attends The Language Center (TLC) on

the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma. She said she did have

his name, but wanted to talk to a supervisor. Officer Hash told her he would

have a supervisor call her back in a few minutes. (Note: This phone callwas

recorded)

Phone Call #3 - (Friday, September 19, 2014 at approximately 9:45pm) -

Sergeant Bill Gilbert called Ms. ALI who reported that she overheard an

individual identified as HHB EBH date of birth XX/XX/1949 from

Saudi Arabia who attends TLC, the language school on the Campus of the

University of Central Oklahomatalking about committing a suicide bombing

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ata church near theUniversity ofCentral Oklahoma. She said hewas going

to load his jacket with nails so he could injure a lot ofpeople. She said he

had an international connection in Saudi Arabia and knew some people in

Guantanamo. She also said the bombing was supposed to occur in two to

three weeks. She provided Sergeant Gilbert with her name of Izra and left

her phone number, XXX-XXX-9892 for re-contact. Sergeant Gilbert also

described hearing other people in the background while he was onthephone

with her confirming the information shewas providing to him.

Ms. ALI's information was documented by Sergeant Gilbert of the Edmond Police

Department under EPD Incident #201404445 and was later submitted to the FBI for further

investigation.

4. Atthis point inthe investigation, members of the Oklahoma City Division of

the FBI JTTF felt this was a viable threat and provided numerous resources to investigate

and disrupt the purported suicide bombing plot.

DAY #2

5. Upon being notified of the planned suicide bombing, TFO Otweli and

Special Agent (SA) Michael Puskas conducted numerous database searches on the name

|T ] with no success. In an attempt to completely identify J ] and to

obtain additional information concerning the alleged suicide bombing, TFO Otweli called

XXX-XXX-9892 on four separate occasions in an attempt to make contact with Ms. ALI,

but had no success. After conducting several database checks on XXX-XXX-9892, the

phone number was determined to be subscribed to Mr. SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL

ATTACHMENT 1

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FEHAIDAH, 401 W. Covell, apartment #934, Edmond, Oklahoma.

6. On Saturday, September 20,2014 at approximately 11:45am, SA Puskas and

TFO Otweli drove to 401 W. Covell, apartment #934, Edmond, Oklahoma in an attempt to

make contact with Ms. ALI or Mr. AL FEHAIDAH. Upon arrival, agents met with Mr.

AL FEHAIDAH, the person whose phone number was used to call the Edmond Police

Department. While talking to Mr. AL FEHAIDAH in the doorway, he was somewhat

uncooperative and told agents he was sleeping and requested themto comebackata later

time. After explaining the seriousness of the situation without disclosing why agents

neededto talk to Ms. ALI, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH invited agents into his apartment. Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH saidMs. ALI was his girlfriend oftwo weeks, but did not know her lastname,

phone number, address orwhere sheworked other than sheworkedatahospital as anurse.

After explaining to Mr. AL FEHAIDAH that it was imperative agents speak to Ms. ALI,

Mr. AL FEHAIDAH calledanunknown phone number, which was laterdetermined to be

Ms. ALI's sister, a juvenile.

A few seconds after Mr. AL FEHAIDAH completed that call, Ms. ALI called Mr.

AL FEHAIDAH from XXX-XXX-8779. Once the caller was identified as Ms. ALI, Mr.

AL FEHAIDAH handed the phone to TFO Otweli. While talking to TFO Otweli, Ms.

ALI seemed upset that agents were at her boyfriend's apartment and thought agents were

causing a scene. Ms. ALI explained she was working and would be more than happy to

call TFO Otweli back in two hours after getting offofwork. During agent's conversation

with Mr. AL FEHAIDAH, it was obvious he spoke very good English and understood

everything agents said.

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7. On Saturday, September 20,2014, at 4:18pm, after not receiving aphone call

from Ms. ALI, TFO Otweli called the phone number, XXX-XXX-8779 that she previously

used tocall Mr. AL FEHAIDAH and was able tomake contact with her. Instead ofsaying

she was atwork as originally described, she said she was with friends and was not able to

get away to meet with agents. Although she refused to meet with agents, she reluctantly

agreed to answer a few ofTFO Otwell's questions while on the phone. Ms. ALI said on

September 19, 2014, she was hanging out with some of her friends at an apartment

complex in Edmond, Oklahoma when she overheard | ' [ | talking about

committing a suicide bombing at a Christian church near the campus of the University of

Central Oklahoma. She said HH described the attack and said he was going to put on

a jacket filled with nails and explosives so he could kill and injure as many people as

possible. She also overheard | | say he was going to commit the attack in two to

three weeks. At the end of the phone call, Ms. ALI agreed to meet with agents on the

following Monday soshe could give agents a more detailed account of the threat.

DAY #4

8. On Monday, September 22, 2014, SA D. Hunter Marsh and TFO Otweli met

with Ms. ALI. During the interview, Ms. ALI gave the same detailed account of the

threat, but added that she overheard the conversation fromf^ ] | .__] instead of the

previously reported | j! " j She said she knows him by the name of| |

but according to his Facebook page he goes by |~71 | J (Note: Based on the

investigation, Ms. ALI referred to |^BHI B by many names, including; '| ]

"• •" and 'M "~~ | but was later positively identified as

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I^B Ms- ALl said she'her sister and their two friends were sitting al akitchen tableinside of an unknown apartment in Edmond, Oklahoma when she overheard the

threatening statements. She said —W and three other Saudi males were sitting on the

balcony of that same apartment when she overheard BflH conversation through the

sliding door, which was slightly open. After leaving and going to her boyfriend's

apartment, she became alarmed enough to borrow her boyfriend's cell phone to call and

report the threat to the Edmond Police Department. Ms. ALI stated that she has since

discussed the information regarding the threat to her boyfriend and sister. She said to

verify who^HB was, her boyfriend, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH texted her aphoto identifying

I | as I i Ms. ALI also gave agents her new cell phone number,

XXX-XXX-7005, for future contact. During agent's conversation with Ms. ALI, itwas

obvious she spoke very good English and understood everything we said. She also

commented that she was bornin Syria, but was raised in the United States.

9. On September 22, 2014, SA Marsh contacted Timothy Kok, Director of

International Admissions and Communications at the University of Central Oklahoma

(UCO). SA Marsh informed Kok that he was interested in identifying a Saudi student

with the Facebook moniker of— |^B| Kok spoke with one of the assistants who

worked in the international office. After doing some research with an administrator ofthe

English as aSecond Language (ESL) School, and the assistant, they were able to determine

that the true identity of|_ ][L~ I was m ^act a Saucn student named | ___J [__J

••I aka •"" "1 j ~~M and Hi 1HTI An administrator was able to provide

further information thatf j| J was removed from the English as a Second Language

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(ESL) program in March for truancy and was reported to have left the country. (Note:

Agents were also able to determine, based on international travel records, that^T ZT1

departed the United States on April 08, 2014, and was not in the United States on

September 19, 2014 when Ms. ALI said she heard him talking about committing asuicide

bombing.)

DAY#5

10. On Tuesday, September 23,2014, Special Agents (SAs) Michael Puskas and

Eric Larsen and Task Force Officers (TFOs) Rick Steele (Department of Homeland

Security) and David Otweli (Edmond PD) interviewed Mr. AL FEHAIDAH at his

apartment. During the interview, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH admitted that on September 19,

2014, he picked up Ms. ALI from a friend's house and brought her back to his apartment.

He said once at his apartment, Ms. ALI started asking him questions about another Saudi

male by the name of|71T 3 LHU He told ner ne did know an individual by the

name ofJHHIHBB and subsequently pulled up his Facebook account on his laptop

computer and showed it to Ms. ALI. After Ms. ALI viewed HH| Facebook page for a

few minutes, Ms. ALI became visibly upset. He saidhe did not knowwhy she was upset

and did not ask. Hesaida shorttimelater, Ms. ALIasked to borrow his cellphone, which

he complied. He said Ms. ALI went to the balcony of his apartment where she made a

phone call. He said he had no clue who she called or what the call was about. Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH wasasked to lookat his outgoing calls forthatdayandtime to seewhat phone

number she called. After looking, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH identified the number as

XXX-XXX-4406. (Note: this phone number is the office phone number for Sergeant Bill

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Gilbert of the Edmond Police Department, the officer who took the initial report

concerning the purported suicide bomb threat.) In an attempt to see if Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH was telling the truth, agents asked him ifhe would call Ms. ALI while he had

his phone on speaker and ask her why she originally called the police. When Ms. ALI

answered and after Mr. AL FEHAIDAH asked the question, Ms. ALI said; "You know

why, I told you, because of that guy who was planning on committing a bombing at a

church." After he hung up with Ms. ALI, he was confronted about his knowledge ofthe

phone call. Mr. AL FEHAIDAH continued to deny knowing anything about the phone

call or why Ms. ALI called police. After Mr. AL FEHAIDAH's phone call to Ms. ALI,

agents continued to believe the suicide bomb threat was a viable threat and continued to

vigorously investigate the threat with multiple resources.

11. On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Special Agents (SAs) Kristen Foster and

Michael Puskas and Task Force Officer (TFO) David Otweli re-interviewed Ms. ALI.

During this interview, Ms. ALI provided agents with a more detailed account of the

purported suicide bomb threat, but most ofthe information remained the same. One ofthe

things she did tell Mr. AL FEHAIDAH during their conversation prior to her phone call to

police, was that^^Q was a "jihadist." After that comment, she said she borrowed Mr.

AL FEHAIDAH's phone and called the Edmond Police Department to report the suicide

bomb threat.

Approximately 15 minutes after the interview, Ms. ALI texted TFO Otweli and

confessed tomaking up the whole story regarding|~ J | B planning to commit a

suicide bombing ata local church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Ms. ALI said she made up the

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story in an attempt to get even with BHH she felt by calling the Edmond Police

Department and telling them that |~ "71 was planning on committing a suicide bombing,

it would make the police go to his residence and scare him and ultimately make him stop

harassing her as he had been doing for quite some time. She said she did not realize the

FBI was going to get involved and apologized. She later admitted that Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH has also had problems with| 2J and assisted her by looking up | ~~TJ

biographical information, name and date of birth, on his Facebook page as she was on the

phone with police. Ms. ALIalsoadmitted to telling Mr. AL FEHAIDAH thatif the police

came to talk to him, tell them the following: "he knows nothing and he had nothing to do

with anything." It was only after the above described confession, agents then realized the

suicide bomb threat was a hoax and was no longer a viable threat.

DAY #6

12. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, a sister of ISRAA JAFAR ALI was

interviewed. She admitted that she did not know anything about Ms. ALI calling the

police or talking to the FBI until Monday, September 22, 2014, when she was askedby Ms.

ALI to give her a ride so she could go and talk to the FBI. Ms. ALI told the sister that Ms.

ALI needed to meet with the FBI because she was friends with a terrorist on Facebook and

the FBI needed to ask her some questions. The sister said on September 23, 2014, she and

Ms. ALI drove to the Oklahoma City University (OCU) where the sister was assisting with

translations. The sister said she was in the building at OCU when Ms. ALI left to go talk

to the FBI. When Ms. ALI returned, she told the sister the truth about the suicide bombing

threat shehad reported to police that was false andaskedthe sister to go alongwith herand

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support her original story. The sister said she began yelling at Ms. ALI and said she

would not lie for her. The sister then told Ms. ALI she should tell the truth.

13. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Ms. ALI was re-interviewed byagents

and verbally confessed to the hoax and subsequently provided a written confession

detailing Mr. AL FEHAIDAH's involvement. She said on September 19, 2014, when she

arrived at Mr. AL FEHAIDAH apartment, prior to the phone call to police, Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH told her that he and his best friend had also been having problems with

HB but did not elaborate on the details. He also told her about HBI

had Saudi connections, which caused problems for a Shia man with children.

Because of l~~~~~ | this man was sent back to Saudi Arabia. Based on Ms. ALI's

confession, it was determined Mr. AL FEHAIDAH assisted her in the crime by, 1)

allowing her to use his cell phone to call the police, 2) by looking up | j|_ | aka

: | ! J biographical information on Facebook and providing it to her during her

initial phone call toEdmond police and, 3) telling him to lie topolice by telling police; "he

knows nothing and had nothing to do with anything." (Note: Mr. AL FEHAIDAH

admitted to lying to the FBI when agents came to his apartment and asked him why Ms.

ALI initially called the police onSeptember 19, 2014. He said since he was instructed by

Ms. ALI to lieto thepolice if interviewed, he lied toFBI agents when they asked him why

Ms. ALI initially called the police.)

DAY #28

14. On October 17, 2014, Special Agent (SA) Ken Western and Task Force

Officer (TFO) David Otweli met and interviewed Mr. AL FEHAIDAH. After explaining

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to Mr. AL FEHAIDAH that lying to a federal agent was a federal crime and he could be

prosecuted if he lied during the interview, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH provided the following

information: Mr. AL FEHAIDAH said onSeptember 19,2014,he heard from some of his

friends that ~~~HB ~—1 aka H ••• aka ••• B HB who is of thc

Sunni Muslim faith, was talking bad about him because he (Mr. AL FEHAIDAH) is ofthe

Shia Muslim faith. Although he heard this from friends, he did not hear it directly from

IB Mr- AL FEHAIDAH said later that evening, Ms. ALI came over to his apartment.

As he started to tell her about what[^'| was saying about him, Ms. ALI said she believed

she was having aproblem with thesame person. Mr. ALFEHAIDAH said helogged onto

his personal Facebook account and located( | Facebook page. Asheshowed Ms. ALI

L ~ I Facebook page with his profile photo, Ms. ALI acknowledged he was the same

person who was talking bad about her because of her Shia Muslim faith. Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH said during their discussion about B| Ms. ALI talked about calling the

police so | | would no longer bother them. Mr. AL FEHAIDAH thought the phone call

to thepolice would either result in the arrest of(__| or it would scare him enough that he

would no longer talk badabout him orMs. ALI. When Ms. ALI decided to call thepolice,

Mr. AL FEHAIDAH loaned his phone to her so she could make the call. He said during

the first phone call to thepolice, the officer was asking Ms. ALI fori | m^ name, date

of birthandany other identifiersthatwould assistwiththeir investigation. WhenMs. ALI

realized shedid not have the requested information, Mr. AL FEHAIDAH pulled up| j

Facebook page, and relayed his biographical information to Ms. ALI so she could provide

it to police. When asked why he lied to agents during the first two interviews, Mr. AL

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FEHAIDAH said he did not directly hear Ms. ALItell the police aboutBi being asuicide

bomber and his plans on blowing up achurch, but he did hear enough to know that Ms. ALI

was not telling the truth, and that her purpose was to create trouble for^B He also said

helied because Ms. ALI toldhimnottosay anything toauthorities ifasked. Although Mr.

AL FEHAIDAH claimed he did not hear Ms. ALI tell the police about the purported

suicide bomb threat, he didadmit to relaying information about^H wn^e sne was ontne

phone reporting the threat topolice. [Note: On page nine (9), paragraph ten (10), Mr. AL

FEHAIDAH made aphone call toMs. ALIwhile agents were present and while on speaker

phone, and asked Ms. ALI why she originally called the police from his phone. She

responded bysaying, "You know why, Itold you, because of that guy who was planning on

committing a bombing at a church." Although he continued to deny knowing anything

about the phone call, it was obvious, based on Ms. ALI's statement, he knew about the

phone call and hoax].

15. The investigation revealed there are nine Christian churches, all places of

public use, within twoblocks of thecampus ofthe University ofCentral Oklahoma and one

church named "Frontline" thatholdSunday services on the campus in theNighUniversity

Center.

16. Based upon the above-mentioned facts, I submit there is probable cause to

charge ISRAA JAFAR ALI with a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1), False

Information and Hoaxes and to also charge conjointly SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL

FEHAIDAH

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with aviolation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1), False Information and Hoaxes, and all in

violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2(a).

FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

^Ot^OW^David M. Orwell

Task Force OfficerFederal Bureau of InvestigationOklahoma City, Oklahoma

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3*** day ofFebruary, 2015.

1ZANNE MITCHELL

United States Magistrate Judge

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CRIMINAL COVER SHEET

Petty • Misdemeanor Q Felony 0

Number of Counts 1 Number of Defendants 2 USAOID No. 2014R00626COMPLAINT

U.S. District Court. Western District ofOklahoma

CaseNo. M-15-35-SM

B^ jlr

Sealed: Ycs0 No0 OCDETFrYcsD No0 Notice D Summons D Writ D Warrant 0 to Issue

DEFENDANT: ISRAA JAFAR ALI

Alias(es):

Age&DOB: 19.XX-XX-I995 SS#: XXX-XX-8147

SEX: MD F0 RACE: White

Defendant Status:

0 Not in Custody

Bond set at: $ Date:Current Bond onOther Charge Federal O State D

D In Jail at:

Address:OklahomaCity, OK 73112

Phone:

Juvenile: YesD No0 Interpreter: YesD No0

Language/Dialect: English

Type ofBond Recommended on this Charge:

OR D CashD 10% D Unsecured D Surety D

Bond in Amount of: $

Under Prisoner/RegisterNo.Prior Proceedings orAppearance(s) Before U.S. Magistrate Judge;

Detention 0

Case No. M- Government Motion to Detain: YesD No DComplaint: Yes D No D

Related Case Information:Bond Set: Date:

Previous Case No. Rule 20/RuIe 5 from District of:

Additional Defendants: Yes 0 No DAttorney Information:

Total Number of defendants:

Defense Counsel: AUSA: Edward J. Kumiega

Address: Phone: 405/553-8849 Fax: 405/553-8888

Phone: Fax: Federal Agent/Agency: /FBI

Retained D CJA Panel D Public Defender D Local Agent/Agency:Count(s)

1

USC Citation^

18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1)

Date: 2/3/2015

Offense(s) Charged

Conveying False or misleadinginformation

Signature ofAUSA

Penalty

NMT 5 years imprisonment, 5250,000 fine, orboth; NMT 1 year S/R; $100 S/A

U 800/6-97

Case 5:15-mj-00035-SM Document 11-1 Filed 02/05/15 Page 1 of 1

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CRIMINAL COVER SHEET

Petty • Misdemeanor • Felony 0

Number of Counts 1 Number of Defendants

COMPLAINT

U.S. District Court. Western District of Oklahoma

Case No. M-15-35-SM

USAOID No. 2014R00626 By: jlr

Sealed: Yes0 No0 OCDETF:YesD No0 Notice D Summons • Writ • Warrant 0 to Issue

DEFENDANT: SAJJAD HUSSAIN AL FEDAIDAH

Alias(es): Address:Edraond, Oklahoma 73034

Phone:

Age&DOB: 23, XX-XX-1991 SS#: XXX-XX-XXXX Juvenile: YesD No0 Interpreter: YesD No0SEX: M 0 FQ RACE: White

Defendant Status:

0 Not inCustody

Bond set at: $ Date:Current Bond on Other Charge Federal Q State D

D In Jail at:

Language/Dialect: English

Type ofBond Recommended on this Charge:

OR D CashD 10% D Unsecured D Surety Q

Bond in Amount of: $

Prior Proceedings orAppearance(s) Before U.S. Magistrate Judge;UnderPrisoner/Register No. Detention 0

Case No. M- GovernmentMotion to Detain: Yes D No DComplaint: Yes D No D

Related Case Information:Bond Set: Date:

Previous Case No. Rule 20/Rule 5 from District of

Additional Defendants: Yes • No QAttorney Information:

Defense Counsel:

Address:

Phone: Fax:

Retained D CJA Panel 0 Public Defender DCount(s)

1

USC Citation^

18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1)

Date: SI--S Signature ofAUSA

Total Number of defendants:

AUSA: Edward J. Kumiega

Phone: 405/553-8849

Federal Agent/Agency:

LocalAgent/Agency:

Offense(s) Charged

Conveying False or MisleadingInformation

Fax: 405/553-8888

/FBI

Penalty

NMT 5 years imprisonment, $250,000 fine, orboth; NMT 1 year S/R; $100 S/A

M k±Z800/6-97

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